* Neil Postman, ( 1931 – 2003 ) author, media theorist and cultural critic,

The first surviving edition ( bilingual Swedish – Esperanto ) was published in Sweden in 2003.

* 1907 – Felix de Weldon, Austrian sculptor ( d. 2003 )

* 1924 – Peter Safar, Austrian physician ( d. 2003 )

* 2003 – Mars makes its closest approach to Earth in nearly 60, 000 years, passing distant.

* 2003 – The first six-party talks, involving South and North Korea, the United States, China, Japan and Russia, convene to find a peaceful resolution to the security concerns as a result of the North Korean nuclear weapons program.

* 1900 – Cecil Howard Green, English-American geophysicist ( d. 2003 )

* 1944 – Inday Badiday, Filipino journalist ( d. 2003 )

* 1955 – Rusty Magee, American composer ( d. 2003 )

* 1969 – Elliott Smith, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ( Heatmiser ( d. 2003 )

* 1972 – Yetunde Price, American murder victim ( d. 2003 )

* 1941 – Erin Fleming, Canadian actress ( d. 2003 )

Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka ( Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2003 ), pp. 67 – 89

* 1930 – Vali Myers, Australian painter ( d. 2003 )

* 2003 – Leslie Cheung, Hong Kong actor and singer ( b. 1956 )

"--- what Jesus ’ immortal spirit did after His death and before His Resurrection is a mystery to all but the Latter-day Saints ---" ( Elder Spencer J. Condie, Liahona ,-Church magazine – July, 2003 ) "--- unto the wicked he did not go, and among the ungodly and the unrepentant-- his voice was not raised.

* 1910 – Walter Scharf, American composer ( d. 2003 )

* 1952 – Zoran Đinđić, Serbian politician, 6th Prime Minister of Serbia ( d. 2003 )

* 1924 – Leon Uris, American novelist ( d. 2003 )

* 2003 – Roger Voudouris, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ( b. 1954 )

" Everyday Life and the Challenge to History in Postwar France: Braudel, Lefebvre, Certeau ," Diacritics, Volume 33, Number 1, Spring 2003, pp. 23 – 40 in Project Muse

* 1925 – Felice Bryant, American songwriter ( d. 2003 )

* 1927 – Art Houtteman, American baseball player ( d. 2003 )

* 1907 – Benny Carter, American musician, composer, and bandleader ( d. 2003 )

* 1925 – Alija Izetbegović, Bosniak politician, 1st President of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( d. 2003 )

While he has two championship rings with the 1999 – 2000 Yankees, Clemens has also been on the losing end of four World Series ( 1986 Red Sox, 2001 and 2003 Yankees, and 2005 Astros ), which is tied with Tom Glavine and John Smoltz ( who were both on the Braves when they lost the ' 91, ' 92, ' 96 and ' 99 World Series ) for the most among active players.

While Progressive Conservative Leader Joe Clark rebuffed the notion, the talks moved ahead and eventually in December 2003, the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative parties voted to rejoin into a new party called the Conservative Party of Canada.

While there have been many phases to the conflict, the most recent armed clashes ran from 1999 to 2003, with a low-level conflict continuing until 2007.

While these groups elevated Antonescu to the status of hero, his involvement in the Holocaust was officially reasserted and condemned following the 2003 Wiesel Commission report.

While in office in 2003 in the New Jersey General Assembly, incumbent Matt Ahearn made a party switch to Green for the remainder of his term.

" While frequently left undefined ( Pollitt, 2005 ), decentralization has also been assigned many different meanings ( Reichard & Borgonovi, 2007 ), varying across countries ( Steffensen & Trollegaard, 2000 ; Pollitt, 2005 ), languages ( Ouedraogo, 2003 ), general contexts ( Conyers, 1984 ), fields of research, and specific scholars and studies.

* While supportive of the American government in the wake of the terrorist attacks of 9 / 11, he opposed the 2003 invasion of Iraq ( see Rogues and his contribution to Philosophy in a Time of Terror with Giovanna Borradori and Jürgen Habermas ).

* Performers Playing Opposite Sex: While several performers have won Tonys for roles that have involved cross dressing, only two have won for playing a character of the opposite sex: Mary Martin in the title role of Peter Pan ( 1955 ) and Harvey Fierstein as Edna Turnblad in Hairspray ( 2003 ).

While undergoing dialysis and awaiting a kidney transplant, he suffered a stroke in May 2003, which forced him to retire from public life.

While Ventura has not held public office since the end of his term as governor in 2003, he has remained politically active and has occasionally stated intentions of possibly running again for political office.

While Flynn acknowledged his attraction to de Havilland, film historian Rudy Behlmer's assertions that they were romantically involved during the filming of Robin Hood ( see the Special Edition of Robin Hood on DVD, 2003 ) have been disputed by de Havilland.

While with the Cavs, he was the 2003 – 04 Rookie of the Year, a 2 time NBA MVP ( 2009 and 2010 ), a 6 time NBA All Star, and the team's all-time leading scorer.

While the 2003 deployment saw limited action, the Bulldogs employed over 22, 000 rounds of 30 mm during 130 troops-in-contact situations during the 2005 deployment.

While the party has been barred from formally taking part in elections since 2003 ( see below ), it has coordinated a variety of forms of participation ( or " quantifiable non-participation ") in recent elections.

While still a relatively tranquil coastal town, the city received national news in 2003 upon becoming the first city in the Continental United States to enact a smoking ban on its public beaches, a trend which has continued as many other coastal Californian towns have followed suit in banning smoking on their beaches.

While many teams left Chevrolet after the 2003 season, those that stayed saw a significant improvement in performance with the new " Chevworth " engine compared to their previous units.

While the shuttle was declared " operational " after STS-4, the Columbia Accident Investigation Board ( CAIB ), in its report on the loss of Columbia during STS-107 in 2003, asserted that the orbiter should never have been considered operational and that, while not intrisically unsafe, it was in fact an experimental vehicle.

While folklore often states that cranes mate for life, recent scientific research indicates that these birds do change mates over the course of their lifetimes ( Wessling, 2003 ; Hayes 2005 ), which may last several decades.

While MacKay was roundly criticized in some Red Tory circles for permitting a union under his watch, MacKay's efforts to sell the merger to the PC membership were successful: 90. 4 % of the party's elected delegates supported the deal in a vote on December 6, 2003.

While the CFL previously took over operations of the Toronto Argonauts and the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in 2003, on April 9, 2006, the CFL's board of governors decided not to do that for the Renegades.

One song from Pictured Within, entitled " Wait A While " was later covered by Norwegian singer Sissel Kyrkjebø on her 2003 / 2004 album My Heart.

While rock has existed in China for decades, the milestone that put the genre on the international map is when Cui Jian played with The Rolling Stones in 2003, at the age of 42.

While on vacation in Antalya, Turkey with his mother and sister, Lyashenko was found dead in his hotel room on July 7, 2003.

While making the film Alfie in late 2003, Law and co-star Sienna Miller began a relationship, becoming engaged on Christmas Day 2004.